Friday 7 March 2014

Celebrate the small stuff.



It's Friday and that means it's time for a celebrate the small stuff post.

I've actually been slacking in these and a lot of other blog related stuff lately. I have been busy in other areas though and that brings me to my first celebration.

My first draft of my current WIP is complete YAY!!!

I am trying to wait for a couple of weeks before starting the editing process but really struggling with this right now as I just want to get on with it. On top of that this book is making me nervous all round. For a start it's Christian fiction and not having published anything Christian fiction before I am worried how it will be received as I know some people are instantly put off when they hear Christian fiction. Before becoming a Christian I used to be one of those people.

Now, I realise of course that Christian fiction can be just as good as any other kind of fiction. In fact Francine Rivers, who write pretty much nothing but Christian fiction, is one of my favourite authors now and is an absolutely amazing writer. If you haven't read any of her books you should, she's brilliant. Redeeming love is my personal favourite. Her characters are brilliantly crafted and the plots just Wow!

Which brings me to my next celebration this week. Their are rumours that redeeming love is going to be made into a film. A big woop woop and a mega happy dance. You have no idea how excited this makes me. On her blog Francine Rivers reveals that she is talking with several interested parties about the possibility. AMAZING!!!! I am a very happy bunny right now.

I found a video on You Tube that gives a good idea of the book. It's a fan made book trailer. They did an amazing job of it.



My third celebration, medication. 
I put off for a long time going on prescription medication and finally gave in a couple of weeks ago. At first it made me really sleepy and a bit spaced out but I seemed to have got more used to it now and so that area has improved. It's having a small effect on the pain, it's certainly taken the edge off a little but not as much as I hoped. Still a little less pain is something to celebrate right and this is just a trial on the way to finding something that does work so fingers crossed. 

on a silly note, I was a little unnerved when I saw who had checked my medication, an LOL. hehe.


Book week. Yes it's book week this week and my son wanted to be hiccup from the book version of how to train your dragon by Cressida Cowell. Look how cute he looks.



We'd ordered him a dragon from Amazon but it didn't come in time so on the Wednesday night we were in a mad rush to make him one. There were wings to but the refused to stay on his scooter so we had to opt for just the head. I think we did and okay toothless, (book version not film version, who is decidedly toothy but whatever) what do you think?

here's the book cover where you can see the book version of toothless that I copied for the head.



He went to school all smart looking and returned in true Kye style looking like a very battle worn hiccup, hat askew, dragon beheaded, and Viking sword broken, but he had a blast and that's all that matters. 

Hubby had a fight with a tree last week and as a result had to be off work for a week due to having this week already book as holiday he has enjoyed a two week vacation all be it a sore one as he badly bruised his foot. It was fun watching him hobble around with my pink spotty crutches at the beginning of the first week though, when he could barely put any weight on his foot (no pictures sadly, every time I tried he would drop the crutches and refuse to pick them up till the camera was down. Such a meanie lol). The celebration though is he is feeling much betters and a lot less sore now and will be backs at work Monday. Which as much as I love him I am very much looking forward to as I get my peace and quiet back lol. 

He has spent the last three days out playing with the car as he is installing one of those fancy sterios with the tv screen on which you can watch tv and movies, mobile connection through Bluetooth, GPS, reversing camera and all that jazz. Kye will love being able to watch movies in the back of the car so that's great, although I did put my foot down when Dan wanted to attached either the playstation or xbox too it. Dan becomes absorbed by computer games and I had images of being stuck in a car park for hours on end while he just completed this bit and then this bit and then... Well you get the idea. 

Last but far from least and this is a real big celebration item. The lovely Samantha Bell one of my all time best friends passed her driving test yesterday. Well done Sammy I knew you could do it. She is far more braver than I.

Here's the lovely wammy :)

It's been a good week this week and I've actually really enjoyed it despite some pretty bad pain days, so how about you what are you celebrating?

Love and hugs Joss xxx 

For those of you who don't know, Celebrate the Small Stuff is an awesome blog hop, hosted by The Vikilit's writing blog.  It enables the blogger community to come together every Friday and check out what everyone is celebrating this week. If you want to join in or find out what others are celebrating, just click the link (in blue above) and sign up to the linky link on the Viklit's blog.  :)

15 comments:

  1. Glad the medication has helped a little with the pain. I can only imagine how draining chronic pain must be.
    Big congrats on completing your draft!

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    1. Thank you Julie, yes it isn't fun but you make the best of it. Only way :)

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  2. Congratulations for finishing your first draft. Take a few days off as a treat to yourself for doing a good job, then you'll be refreshed and ready for your edits.

    Have a good weekend!

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    1. Awww thank you Heather. I hope you had a lovely weekend also :) and I will definitely be taking a break :)

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  3. Congrats on finishing the WIP!! I never wait to begin the revision because the beginning was done so long ago, it's like new to me. Also, there are plenty of people who like Christian fic. Concentrate on that niche and build from there. Good luck! :)

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    1. Thank you Lexa, I am ready to dive into the edit now. I can't take any more waiting, it is killing me. :)

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  4. Lots to celebrate this week, congrats on finishing that draft. I think it is a good idea to set drafts aside for a while before starting a round of edits. Your son looks very cute all dressed up.

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    1. Thank You Suzanne. He loved dressing up bless him. Half his dad's side of the family is originally from Norway so it was very fitting bless him.

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  5. Hooray for WIP finishing! And I'm glad the medication is making a dent in some of the pain. The Hiccup outfit was rocktastic, and coming home in that condition meant the day was well waged. ;)

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    1. absolutely he had a blast bless him. thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it :)

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  6. Congrats on finishing your WIP, and I'm glad the medication is helping you. Sounds like a great week!

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    1. It was indeed. This week has been far more relaxed. Lots of reading. I hope you are having a lovely week.

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  7. Taking the edge off pain makes all the difference sometimes. Kudos to you for finishing your first draft!

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  8. Congrats on finishing the WIP! Can't wait to celebrate that myself! I found some cut scenes recently (I save it all until I'm sure I'm not going to reuse it) and I can tell you absolutely it's worth setting it aside for awhile...and probably more than a couple weeks. I was surprised at how much more perspective I had re-reading those old scenes. DO let it set for awhile - it'll be worth the wait, I promise!

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  9. Hopping around, hope all is well. Have a good weekend.

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